Blog List Category: Soil

Something Stinks About Manure Tea

In may last couple of posts on manure tea and compost tea I explained why there is little or no reason to brew the tea. I am…

Manure Tea is an Organic Sin

Brewing manure tea is a sin. Not a religious sin, but an organic gardening sin. Related Posts You Will Enjoy Something Stinks…

Soil Testing for NPK

Which fertilizer should you be adding to soil? How much fertilizer should you add? Why is my plant not growing well? These…

Do Coffee Grounds Acidify Soil?

It is a common belief that used coffee grounds are acidic and that they will acidify your soil. Lets see if it is true…

Increasing Soil Acidity

There is a lot of advice on how to make make acidic soil both in print and on the net. You can use coffee grounds, pine…

How to Get Rid of Moss in Lawns

Lots of people want to know how to get rid of moss in the law, but a better question to ask is, “why does moss grow in…

Liming Acidic Soil – Adding Lime

Your soil is acidic and you would like to change the pH so that it is less acidic. The universal advice is to add lime to the…

Do Pine Needles Acidify Soil

This is an old gardening myth that just won’t rot away! This common, incorrect, advice goes as follows: if your soil is…

Compost Tea

Compost Tea has become a very popular topic. The following is a quote from Fine Gardening (ref 2): Gardeners all know compost…
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